• A trans-Neptunian object (TNO), also written transneptunian object, is any minor planet in the Solar System that orbits the Sun at a greater average distance...
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    An extreme trans-Neptunian object (ETNO) is a trans-Neptunian object orbiting the Sun well beyond Neptune (30 AU) in the outermost region of the Solar...
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    This is a list of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), which are minor planets in the Solar System that orbit the Sun at a greater distance on average than...
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    reddish-colored tholins, a chemical makeup similar to those of some other trans-Neptunian objects. Within the range of uncertainties, it is tied with the dwarf planet...
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    the clustered extreme trans-Neptunian objects. Because Pluto is no longer considered a planet by the IAU, this new hypothetical object has become known...
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    This is a list of unnumbered trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) first observed since 1993 and grouped by the year of principal provisional designation. The...
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  • trans-Neptunian object is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) in mean-motion orbital resonance with Neptune. The orbital periods of the resonant objects are...
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    541132 Leleākūhonua (category Extreme trans-Neptunian objects)
    (/ˌlɛleɪɑːˌkuːhoʊˈnuːə/) (provisional designation 2015 TG387) is an extreme trans-Neptunian object and sednoid in the outermost part of the Solar System. It was...
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    objects are a dynamical class of minor planets in the outer reaches of the Solar System and belong to the broader family of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs)...
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    planet: Sedna (76.2–937 AU) was the first extreme trans-Neptunian object to be discovered. It is a large, reddish object, and it takes ~11,400 years for Sedna...
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    A sednoid is a trans-Neptunian object with a large semi-major axis and a high perihelion, similar to the orbit of the dwarf planet Sedna. The consensus...
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    2012 VP113 (category Extreme trans-Neptunian objects)
    2012 VP113, also known by its nickname "Biden", is a trans-Neptunian object of the sednoid population, located in the outermost reaches of the Solar System...
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    Planet Nine (category Hypothetical trans-Neptunian objects)
    could explain the peculiar clustering of orbits for a group of extreme trans-Neptunian objects (ETNOs), bodies beyond Neptune that orbit the Sun at distances...
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    bodies, which are a subset of the broader family of trans-Neptunian objects. The scattered-disc objects (SDOs) have orbital eccentricities ranging as high...
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    2015 BP519 (category Extreme trans-Neptunian objects)
    2015 BP519, nicknamed Caju, is an extreme trans-Neptunian object from the scattered disc on a highly eccentric and inclined orbit in the outermost region...
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    number of smaller objects of historical or scientific interest, such as comets and near-Earth objects. Many trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) have been discovered;...
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  • 474640 Alicanto (category Extreme trans-Neptunian objects)
    Alicanto (provisional designation 2004 VN112) is a detached extreme trans-Neptunian object. It was discovered on 6 November 2004, by American astronomer...
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    the classical planets. The name "cubewano" derives from the first trans-Neptunian object (TNO) found after Pluto and Charon: 15760 Albion, which until January...
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  • The hypothetical Planet Nine would modify the orbits of extreme trans-Neptunian objects via a combination of effects. On very long timescales exchanges...
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    Small-Body Database lists 452 centaurs. There are an additional 116 trans-Neptunian objects (objects with a semi-major axis further than Neptune's, i.e. 30.1 AU...
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    2013 FT28 (category Extreme trans-Neptunian objects)
    axis, high perihelion extreme trans-Neptunian object that is anti-aligned with the other known extreme trans-Neptunian objects such as Sedna and 2012...
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    needed] List of trans-Neptunian objects (numbered minor planets only) List of unnumbered trans-Neptunian objects List of artificial objects leaving the Solar...
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    2014 FE72 (category Extreme trans-Neptunian objects)
    2014 FE72 is a trans-Neptunian object first observed on 26 March 2014, at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in La Serena, Chile. It is a possible...
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    Hills cloud or Oort cloud objects, are collectively referred to as trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs). Pluto is the largest and most massive member of the Kuiper...
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    (148209) 2000 CR105 (category Extreme trans-Neptunian objects)
    CR105 is a trans-Neptunian object and the tenth-most-distant known object in the Solar System as of 2015[update]. Considered a detached object, it orbits...
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    2013 RA109 (category Extreme trans-Neptunian objects)
    2013 RA109, is an extreme trans-Neptunian object discovered on September 12, 2013. This object orbits the Sun between 46.0 and 869 AU (6.9 and 130 billion km)...
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    Oort cloud (redirect from Oort cloud object)
    Kuiper belt, the scattered disc and the detached objects—three nearer reservoirs of trans-Neptunian objects. The outer limit of the Oort cloud defines the...
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    2015 KG163 (category Extreme trans-Neptunian objects)
    2015 KG163, also known as o5m52, is a trans-Neptunian object from the outermost region of the Solar System, approximately 102 kilometers (63 miles) in...
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  • In astronomy, the plutinos are a dynamical group of trans-Neptunian objects that orbit in 2:3 mean-motion resonance with Neptune. This means that for...
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  • these objects. As of July 2024[update], the MPC maintains 5710 distant objects in its data base. Most distant minor planets are trans-Neptunian objects and...
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